The former head of Britain’s arms export agency was issued with a subpoena two weeks ago by US authorities investigating allegations of corruption at BAE Systems, highlighting their determination to pursue a case that the UK has dropped.Alan Garwood, now BAE’s business development director but who until last year was in charge of export sales at the Ministry of Defence, was served with a subpoena by Department of Justice officials at the end of May. Mr Garwood was changing aircraft at Miami airport.

Last-minute negotiations were under way at the world food summit in Rome last night aimed at reaching an agreement on the global response to rising food prices.

Half a million jobs and five centuries of tradition are to be phased out in Brazil's booming sugar-caneindustry to satisfy western demands for more socially acceptable work practices in the biofuel sector.

Eleven zones around Britain's coastline were named yesterday as the best places to build the next generation of offshore wind farms. The zones identified by the Crown Estate are expected to play a key role in enabling Britain to meet its 2020 renewables targets.

One of the most powerful trade unions in the United States has vowed to damage the reputation of “two-faced” Tesco around the world in an unprecedented attack on Britain’s biggest retailer.

After a years-long dispute, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child said Thursday that they had reached an agreement to offer Windows on the organization’s computers.

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